{"id":156718,"date":"2026-08-28T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156718"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T12:00:12","slug":"gong-zizheng-who-led-chinas-planetary-defence-project-dies-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156718","title":{"rendered":"Gong Zizheng, who led China\u2019s planetary defence project, dies at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGong Zizheng, a pioneer of space debris research and a key figure in China\u2019s planned asteroid defence mission, has died at 61.<br \/>\nA top government adviser and prominent leader in international space debris organisations, Gong died on Saturday after a battle with illness, according to Chinese media reports. No further details were given.<br \/>\nOn social media, one of Gong\u2019s colleagues at the China Academy of Space Technology remembered him as a prolific scientist deeply devoted to his work, a warm and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3365533\/gong-zizheng-who-led-chinas-planetary-defence-project-dies-61?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGong Zizheng, a pioneer of space debris research and a key figure in China\u2019s planned asteroid defence mission, has died at 61. A top&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}